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'With everything that has gone on recently in the news, it was a horrible experience.

'We then had to sit on the plane for 20 minutes, until the coach came to take us to the terminal.

'Luggage was flying down and hitting people in the head. We were a bit early coming into land, and we could see some of the tyres were shredded or ripped, and the plane practically bouncing along - all you could hear was banging and screaming.'

Passengers said they heard a 'loud bang' as the plane touched down, with the rubber on the tyres appearing to have been completely sheared off, pictured

The Jet2 aircraft from Manchester touched down at Tenerife South Airport yesterday 'way too far' down the runway

Julie Rittigan, 58, who was supposed to be flying to Birmingham with Ryanair, told The Sun: 'The place is just madness.

'We were told the flight was cancelled, then that it was back on, but there was no one at the gate and no plane on the runway.'

Richard Cooper, due to fly to London Gatwick with Norwegian Air, told the paper he waited for five hours before travelling to another airport on the island because the 'communications were appalling', with others describing the lack of information as 'an absolute joke'.

Jet2 confirmed the incident happened on the flight, which came from Manchester, and apologised for the inconvenience

Easyjet, British Airways and Ryanair were among the airlines affected by delays, with passengers offered meals and hotels while they were stranded

Jet2 confirmed the incident happened on flight LS917 with the plane's tyres 'damaged' and all passengers transferred to the terminal.

A spokesman said: 'We apologise to all customers affected. The safety and comfort of our customers and crew is our number one priority at all times.'

Ryanair and EasyJet confirmed their flights were affected and apologised to customers, with Ryanair providing 'refreshment vouchers' in compensation and EasyJet providing stranded passengers with hotels and meals.